Here was a puzzle.

Why did that adorable little vanity of hers bring her out without them in the DARK?
But of course she had gone out long before dark.

For undefinable reasons this explanation was not quite satisfactory; however, allowing it to stand, his solicitude for her took another turn.

"I think you ought to have a car," he said, "especially when you want to be out after dark.

You need one in winter, anyhow.